Walker Evans
Door Latch with Two Figures

Door Latch with Two Figures
Door Latch with Two Figures
Door Latch with Two Figures
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Door Latch with Two Figures
Date1935
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (19.2 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.1 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.983
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's estate
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Walker Evans: Photographs of African Sculptures in The Manfred Heiting Collection," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 22, 2003 - February 29, 2004
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower left, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XX / 36"
Additionally stamped in black with no pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / [followed by two stamped but empty rectangles]"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "040"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: "36 / 8"
The photograph is not signed.

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